Donna Darling Collection – Part 93

Treasure Chest Thursday
By Don Taylor

Photo of Don Taylor with cat Nasi.I’m looking at a page from the Donna Darling Collection for this week’s Treasure Chest Thursday. It consists of five images, four photos and one newspaper clipping. I only cropped the clipping. I cropped, gently edited for brightness and contrast, and made three of the four photos black and white. One I left as is.

The Clipping

Key features:

  • The venue is the Rivoli Theatre. It is at “Washington near W Park) and is under the Direction of Pacific Northwest Theatres, Inc.
  • The show includes the Donna Darling Revue with Sammy Clark.
  • Also on bill
    • The movie is Gene Stratton Porter’s “Laddie.”
    • Four other acts
  • Coming attraction:
    • Williams’ Midgets

Analysis

The Saturday, November 6th, 1926, edition of the Morning Oregonian advertises the same theater and shows starting that day.

Photo 1 – Sammy by Palm Tree

Photo of Sammy Clark by palm tree.

Sammy by Palm Tree, circa 1926.

Next is a photo of Sammy (Clark Amsterdam) by a palm tree. He is holding an animal. I’m unsure if it is a rabbit, cat, or dog.

Photo 2 – Three men and a woman

Photo of 4 unknown people from the Donna Darling Collection.I don’t know who these folks are. The woman clearly is not Donna. The man in the center appears in several other photos, but I haven’t identified him yet. I

Photo 3 – Sammy and an unknown man with a two-tiered domed building in the background.

Photo of Sammy Clark (Amsterdam) and another man by railing.

Sammy and another man by railing.

I am sure this is a photo of Sammy (Clark Amsterdam) and a second man about 1926. In the distance is a two-tiered domed structure. I’m not sure who the second man is.

Photo 4 – Two women and a man.

Three unidentified people.

I think the woman and the man are the same two people as the woman and the center man in Photo 2 above. However, the photo is so damaged that I can’t tell.

Conclusion

One additional clipping to add to Donna’s vaudeville career is always nice, as are two new photos of Sammy.

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